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L-1011-Heavy · 07-28-2007, 08:21 PM

Airlines Save BUNDLES By Not Painting Aircraft. Did You Know On A 747 The Tail Alone Uses 50 Gallons Of Paint? At 300 Bucks A Gallon They Save Thousands By Having A Simpler Livery. But That's Not The Real Savings.
In A Complex Livery, The Masking/Painting/Drying Process Can Take Upwards Of 2 Weeks. That's A Few Hundred Thousand Per Day Of LOST Revenue Per Aircraft Due To Sophisticated Liveries.

Northwest For Example Saves 4.5 USD Million Per Year By Switching From The Classy Boeling Shoe Liverey To The Ugly All Silver NWA Livery.

Now CX Livery Is Not Quite As Sophisticated As The Boeling Shoe, But There Are Significant Savings With An All Metal Fuselage & Marginal Livery Highlights.

Another Possibility Is CX & JAL May Want A Separate Identity For Thier Cargo Division.
I Think ANA Did This By Naming Thier Cargo Arm NCA With A Modified Livery.

Though In The Past (Lettuce Sandwich Livery) CX Cargo & Pax Liveries Were The Same With The Exception Of Cargo Titles.

07-28-2007, 08:21 PM	#5
L-1011-Heavy The Heavy One Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada, Eh? Trijets & Landors 4 EVER Age: 45 Posts: 4,754	Re: Will bare metal aircraft extinct in the future? Airlines Save BUNDLES By Not Painting Aircraft. Did You Know On A 747 The Tail Alone Uses 50 Gallons Of Paint? At 300 Bucks A Gallon They Save Thousands By Having A Simpler Livery. But That's Not The Real Savings. In A Complex Livery, The Masking/Painting/Drying Process Can Take Upwards Of 2 Weeks. That's A Few Hundred Thousand Per Day Of LOST Revenue Per Aircraft Due To Sophisticated Liveries. Northwest For Example Saves 4.5 USD Million Per Year By Switching From The Classy Boeling Shoe Liverey To The Ugly All Silver NWA Livery. Now CX Livery Is Not Quite As Sophisticated As The Boeling Shoe, But There Are Significant Savings With An All Metal Fuselage & Marginal Livery Highlights. Another Possibility Is CX & JAL May Want A Separate Identity For Thier Cargo Division. I Think ANA Did This By Naming Thier Cargo Arm NCA With A Modified Livery. Though In The Past (Lettuce Sandwich Livery) CX Cargo & Pax Liveries Were The Same With The Exception Of Cargo Titles. __________________ *The Heavy Armada* *"In The Absence Of Excellence, There Is Only Mediocrity."* Last edited by L-1011-Heavy; 07-28-2007 at 08:23 PM.